Bella is ONE!

 The last of our monthly photo shoots with signs!  She just can't sit still for them.  We only got one good one!

"I'm one"

"So big!"

"Yay for birthdays!"

"I'll take this sign down for you, Mom."

"Here's your sign, Mom!"

Taste testing it...

Fun gift from Grammy and PaPa - a tricycle!  She pulled right up on the box from a sit to a stand.  She does this in lots of places now (on our couch, on the stairs, etc.)

Why, Hello, Miss Crumpet!

Practicing standing...

Birthday mini-cupcake

Mmmm!

All done (prompting tosses it on the floor)

"Yay!"

Looking cute on her first birthday!

What is Bella up to these days?

-Bella is trying to pull up on everything.  She is good at getting to a standing position these days.  She can go from one side of her music table to another, but isn't interested in cruising too much!

-She is crawling all over the place!!

-Bella is learning how to crawl up stairs.  She can get up one or two (of course, we are there for when she inevitably falls...)

-Bella is transitioning to whole milk - and really seems to like it!  She eats just about everything we eat.

-She has 9 teeth in, include a new molar...  the one on the other side is just about ready to break through...

-She loves to shriek, and "talk" with intonation, and dance when there is music.

-No real words yet, but she does say lots of mama and dada... I just haven't seen any real indication that she knows what they mean yet, so I don't count them yet, but I think soon...

-Still taking 2 naps a day and sleeping 12 hours at night (with the exception of the last week since she's been sick)

-She caught hand, foot, and mouth at daycare and is now recovering!  It was rough for a few days - she wouldn't eat, or sleep, and she was generally pretty miserable -  but we definitely turned a corner today!

It's been a wonderful year!! Happy Birthday, Bella!